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0 Euro - Zoo Leipzig
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in purple and gold tones on a light guilloche underprint, with the EU flag vignette at upper left and a large intaglio-style zero numeral at centre-left. The central vignette presents a koala perched on a eucalyptus branch, set against a background view of the Zoo Leipzig Koalahaus building. The text KOALAHAUS appears vertically at right alongside a ring of EU stars, with the series code 2024-8, the EURO SOUVENIR inscription, and the facsimile signature of R. Faille (C.E.O.) at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZOO LEIPZIG 2024 EUROSOUVENIR 2024-8 EURO SOUVENIR KOALAHAUS R. FAILLE C.E.O. XEAH |
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Zoo Leipzig, founded in 1878, is one of Germany's oldest zoological gardens and has leaned hard into its "City of Animals" branding for decades. The 0 Euro souvenir note program, administered through EuroBanknote Memory and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire in France, has produced hundreds of these collector pieces since around 2015 — each technically worthless as tender but sold at a premium directly to tourists. Leipzig's zoo entry is one of several German zoological institutions to commission one.
The watermark is the sole security feature, a deliberate nod to genuine banknote production that keeps the souvenir format credible without triggering counterfeiting regulations.